SXSW: Doldrums

Friday, 12 a.m. @ M For Montreal Showcase at Swan Dive

Airick Woodhead's live show doesn't allow for apathy. If his electro-burned tribal beats don't make you want to dance, his physical presence almost certainly will. During this set, which featured a near-constant flow of Doldrums' music, Woodhead and his band never stopped moving. They flailed around Swan Dive's small stage, and Woodhead's demeanor shifted back and forth from playful to aggressively confident. He crowdsurfed. He had people singing along to "Egypt" and losing their shit to "She Is the Wave". It was the highest percentage of dancers I've seen at a SXSW band set; Lesser Evil is a fine album, but this is how Doldrums' music was meant to be heard.